December 21 ~ Overstay Your Welcome Ray Romano: Live at Carnegie Hall
"I'm gonna do t h i s for as long as it's fun ... and as long as the a u d i e n c e wants it! But you don't wanna overstay your welcome ... you wanna leave them wanting more!" ~ Ray Romano Everybody Loves Raymond television star Ray Romano (1957-) was born on this day in Queens, New York . Originally planning on become an accountant, he got the showbiz bug in 1984 as a standup comedian. In 1991, he then made a memorable appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson "People think living in your parents' basement until you're twenty-nine is lame. But what they don't realize is that while you're there, you save money on rent, food , and dates," he said with typical dry humor. Following an appearance on David Letterman 's show in early 1996, CBS and Letterman's Worldwide Pants production company jointly signed Romano to a contract to develop his own TV show. The critically-acclaimed sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond was born. "The show...(was) based on every character in my life ," Romano said. "I'm not political, I'm not topical, I just talk about my own life ... but everybody relates to it." | |
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